fuir

See also: fuïr

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French fuyr, fuir (“to flee”), from Old French fuir, from Vulgar Latin *fūgīre, from Latin fugere, from Proto-Italic *fugiō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɥiʁ/

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• Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

fuir

1. (intransitive) to escape
2. (transitive) to flee
3. (intransitive) to leak; to have a leak

   Le robinet fuit. ― The faucet is leaking.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fuir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	fuir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	fuyant /fɥi.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		fui /fɥi/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	fuis /fɥi/	fuis /fɥi/	fuit /fɥi/	fuyons /fɥi.jɔ̃/	fuyez /fɥi.je/	fuient /fɥi/
	imperfect	fuyais /fɥi.jɛ/	fuyais /fɥi.jɛ/	fuyait /fɥi.jɛ/	fuyions /fɥij.jɔ̃/	fuyiez /fɥij.je/	fuyaient /fɥi.jɛ/
	past historic2	fuis /fɥi/	fuis /fɥi/	fuit /fɥi/	fuîmes /fɥim/	fuîtes /fɥit/	fuirent /fɥiʁ/
	future	fuirai /fɥi.ʁe/	fuiras /fɥi.ʁa/	fuira /fɥi.ʁa/	fuirons /fɥi.ʁɔ̃/	fuirez /fɥi.ʁe/	fuiront /fɥi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	fuirais /fɥi.ʁɛ/	fuirais /fɥi.ʁɛ/	fuirait /fɥi.ʁɛ/	fuirions /fɥi.ʁjɔ̃/	fuiriez /fɥi.ʁje/	fuiraient /fɥi.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	fuie /fɥi/	fuies /fɥi/	fuie /fɥi/	fuyions /fɥij.jɔ̃/	fuyiez /fɥij.je/	fuient /fɥi/
	imperfect2	fuisse /fɥis/	fuisses /fɥis/	fuît /fɥi/	fuissions /fɥi.sjɔ̃/	fuissiez /fɥi.sje/	fuissent /fɥis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	fuis /fɥi/	—	fuyons /fɥi.jɔ̃/	fuyez /fɥi.je/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• fuir comme la peste

Related terms

• enfuir
• fugace
• fugitif
• fugue
• fuguer
• fuie
• fuite
• s'enfuir

Further reading

• “fuir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish foir, fuir (“to flee”), from Vulgar Latin *fūgīre, from Latin fugere, from Proto-Italic *fugiō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-.

Verb

fuír (Hebrew spelling פ׳ואיר)

1. (intransitive, reflexive) To flee.

   Synonym: bolar

   • 1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roş Aşana i Kipur‎^[1], Craiova: Institutul Grafic, I. Samitca şi D. Baraş, Socieatate in Comandita, →OCLC, page 10:

     Cualo respondire? Aiuda de ken demandare?
     En dia de tu giuzgo onde io me fuire?

     Who shall respond? Whose help shall I request? Where shall I flee on your day of judgement?

Middle English

Noun

fuir

1. (Southern, West Midland) alternative form of fyr

Middle French

Verb

fuir

1. alternative spelling of fuyr

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.

Pronunciation

• (early) IPA^(key): /fu.ir/, [fy.ir]
• (late) IPA^(key): /vy.ər/

Noun

fuir n

1. fire
2. passion, emotion

Inflection

Declension of fuir (neuter a-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	fuir	fuir
accusative	fuir	fuir
genitive	fuires	fuiro
dative	fuire	fuiron

Derived terms

• *fuiron

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: vuur
  • Dutch: vuur, vier (Southern)
    • Afrikaans: vuur
    • Javindo: vier
    • Jersey Dutch: vuer, vîr
    • Negerhollands: vuur, fi, vier
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: fir
  • Limburgish: vuur
  • West Flemish: vier
  • Zealandic: vier

Further reading

• “fuir”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old French

Alternative forms

• foïr, fuïr

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fūgīre, from Latin fugere.

Verb

fuir

1. To flee.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of fuir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		fuir			avoir foï, fuï
gerund		en fuiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		fuiant
past participle		foï, fuï
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	fui	fuis	fuit	fuions	fuiiez	fuient
	imperfect	fuioie, fuieie	fuioies, fuieies	fuioit, fuieit	fuiiiens, fuiiens	fuiiiez, fuiiez	fuioient, fuieient
	preterite	foï, fuï	foïs, fuïs	foï, fuï	foïmes, fuïmes	foïstes, fuïstes	foïrent, fuïrent
	future	fuirai	fuiras	fuira	fuirons	fuiroiz, fuireiz, fuirez	fuiront
	conditional	fuiroie, fuireie	fuiroies, fuireies	fuiroit, fuireit	fuiriiens, fuiriens	fuiriiez, fuiriez	fuiroient, fuireient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	fuie	fuies	fuie	fuiiens, fuions	fuiiez	fuient
	imperfect	foïsse, fuïsse	foïsses, fuïsses	foïst, fuïst	foïssons, foïssiens, fuïssons, fuïssiens	foïssoiz, foïssez, foïssiez, fuïssoiz, fuïssez, fuïssiez	foïssent, fuïssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	fui	—	fuions	fuiiez	—

Derived terms

• fuiant

Related terms

• fuie

Descendants

• Middle French: fuyr
  • French: fuir

Old Spanish

Verb

fuir

1. (intransitive) alternative form of foir
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 4v:

     Del dezeno grado del ſigno de aries es la piedra que fuye dela leche.

     Of the tenth degree of the sign of Aries is the stone that flees from milk.

References

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “fuir”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 270

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈiɾ/ [fuˈiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: fu‧ir

Verb

fuir (first-person singular present fuyo, first-person singular preterite fui, past participle fuido)

1. obsolete form of huir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fuir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			fuir
gerund			fuyendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fuido		fuida
		plural		fuidos		fuidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fuyo	fuyestú fuisvos	fuye	fuimos	fuis	fuyen
	imperfect	fuía	fuías	fuía	fuíamos	fuíais	fuían
	preterite	fui	fuiste	fuyó	fuimos	fuisteis	fuyeron
	future	fuiré	fuirás	fuirá	fuiremos	fuiréis	fuirán
	conditional	fuiría	fuirías	fuiría	fuiríamos	fuiríais	fuirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fuya	fuyastú fuyásvos2	fuya	fuyamos	fuyáis	fuyan
	imperfect (ra)	fuyera	fuyeras	fuyera	fuyéramos	fuyerais	fuyeran
	imperfect (se)	fuyese	fuyeses	fuyese	fuyésemos	fuyeseis	fuyesen
	future1	fuyere	fuyeres	fuyere	fuyéremos	fuyereis	fuyeren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		fuyetú fuivos	fuya	fuyamos	fuid	fuyan
	negative		no fuyas	no fuya	no fuyamos	no fuyáis	no fuyan

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of fuir

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive fuir	dative	fuirme	fuirte	fuirle, fuirse	fuirnos	fuiros	fuirles, fuirse
	accusative	fuirme	fuirte	fuirlo, fuirla, fuirse	fuirnos	fuiros	fuirlos, fuirlas, fuirse
with gerund fuyendo	dative	fuyéndome	fuyéndote	fuyéndole, fuyéndose	fuyéndonos	fuyéndoos	fuyéndoles, fuyéndose
	accusative	fuyéndome	fuyéndote	fuyéndolo, fuyéndola, fuyéndose	fuyéndonos	fuyéndoos	fuyéndolos, fuyéndolas, fuyéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative fuye	dative	fúyeme	fúyete	fúyele	fúyenos	not used	fúyeles
	accusative	fúyeme	fúyete	fúyelo, fúyela	fúyenos	not used	fúyelos, fúyelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative fui	dative	fuime	fuite	fuile	fuinos	not used	fuiles
	accusative	fuime	fuite	fuilo, fuila	fuinos	not used	fuilos, fuilas
with formal second-person singular imperative fuya	dative	fúyame	not used	fúyale, fúyase	fúyanos	not used	fúyales
	accusative	fúyame	not used	fúyalo, fúyala, fúyase	fúyanos	not used	fúyalos, fúyalas
with first-person plural imperative fuyamos	dative	not used	fuyámoste	fuyámosle	fuyámonos	fuyámoos	fuyámosles
	accusative	not used	fuyámoste	fuyámoslo, fuyámosla	fuyámonos	fuyámoos	fuyámoslos, fuyámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative fuid	dative	fuidme	not used	fuidle	fuidnos	fuíos	fuidles
	accusative	fuidme	not used	fuidlo, fuidla	fuidnos	fuíos	fuidlos, fuidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative fuyan	dative	fúyanme	not used	fúyanle	fúyannos	not used	fúyanles, fúyanse
	accusative	fúyanme	not used	fúyanlo, fúyanla	fúyannos	not used	fúyanlos, fúyanlas, fúyanse

Further reading

• “fuir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025